Saint-Marcellin climate — normals and trends
Saint-Marcellin (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 966 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (20.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Saint-Marcellin averages 65 frost days, 13 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.
Saint-Marcellin has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 87 to 43 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.9 °C (on 12 August 2025) and the coldest -23.2 °C (on 7 January 1985).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Saint-MarcellinRhône-Alpes
- coords
- 45.15°, 5.32°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.1°C
Average daily high
15.5°C
Average daily low
6.7°C
Annual rainfall
966mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
13.6km/h
Seasonal range
18.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
65 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
13 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
131 d/yr
Annual snowfall
48.2 cm
Average feels-like high
13.8 °C
Average feels-like low
4.7 °C
Average peak gust
35.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.66 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
38.9 °C
12 August 2025
Coldest day
-23.2 °C
7 January 1985
Wettest day
67 mm
8 October 1993
Windiest day
40.3 km/h
25 October 2010
Strongest gust
98.6 km/h
28 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
41.0 °C
27 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-28.1 °C
7 January 1985
Snowiest day
28.6 cm
16 April 2005
Sunniest day
15.0 h
2 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.4 °C | +3.1 °C | 139 mm | +63 mm |
| Feb | 9.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 35 mm | -39 mm |
| Mar | 13.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 80 mm | +3 mm |
| Apr | 18.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 135 mm | +49 mm |
| May | 20.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 78 mm | -23 mm |
| Jun | 29.4 °C | +6.5 °C | 37 mm | -38 mm |
| Jul | 27.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 37 mm | -19 mm |
| Aug | 29.8 °C | +4.4 °C | 51 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 21.3 °C | -0.2 °C | 145 mm | +65 mm |
| Oct | 16.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 104 mm | +15 mm |
| Nov | 11.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 118 mm | +19 mm |
| Dec | 8.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 38 mm | -46 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Saint-Marcellin?
Saint-Marcellin has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 966 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Saint-Marcellin?
The hottest day measured in Saint-Marcellin between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2025, reaching 38.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Saint-Marcellin?
The coldest day measured in Saint-Marcellin between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1985, at -23.2 °C.
Does it snow in Saint-Marcellin?
Yes. Saint-Marcellin gets on average 48.2 cm of snow per year and has around 65 frost days.
Has the climate of Saint-Marcellin warmed?
Yes: Saint-Marcellin warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Saint-Marcellin?
The wettest day measured in Saint-Marcellin between 1940 and 2025 was 8 October 1993, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Saint-Marcellin?
The windiest day measured in Saint-Marcellin between 1940 and 2025 was 25 October 2010, with winds reaching 40.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Saint-Marcellin?
The warmest month in Saint-Marcellin is July (20.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Saint-Marcellin?
Saint-Marcellin receives on average 966 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Saint-Marcellin?
Saint-Marcellin gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Saint-Marcellin?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Saint-Marcellin between 1940 and 2025 was 16 April 2005, with 28.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Saint-Marcellin?
Yes: Saint-Marcellin has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Saint-Marcellin?
In Saint-Marcellin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.0 °C on 27 June 2019, and the lowest was -28.1 °C on 7 January 1985.
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